www.washingtontimes.com Topics: James Weirickhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/james-weirick/?utm_medium=RSS2014-07-23T13:44:34-04:00Marine Corps whistleblower lands new Pentagon position2014-07-23T13:44:34-04:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/marine-corps-whistleblower-lands-new-pentagon-posi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A Marine Corps officer who took on the top brass, and lost, has started a new career path in a legal job under the Pentagon's Joint Staff, not the Corps.</p> <p>Maj. James Weirick, a staff judge advocate, filed a series of whistleblower complaints the past two years against Gen. James ...Congressman hits Marine commandant's response in whistleblower case2014-05-15T15:39:03-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/15/congressman-hits-marine-commandants-response-whist/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A House Republican says he is offended by the written response he received from Gen. James Amos, Marine Corps commandant, over punishment meted out to a whistleblower.</p> <p>"The commandant's responses, via your approval, did nothing but disappoint, disrespect and offend me," Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina, a member of ...Probe looks at Marine higher-ups suspected in retaliation against whistleblower2014-04-27T20:06:09-04:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/27/probe-looks-at-marine-higher-ups-suspected-in-reta/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Pentagon inspector general has confirmed to Congress that an investigation is underway into whether Marine Corps higher-ups retaliated against an officer who accused the commandant, Gen. James Amos, of meddling in a prosecution.</p> <p>In letters to House and Senate members in recent weeks, the inspector general's congressional affairs office ...Pentagon to review case of Marine who defied general in Taliban defilement case2013-12-22T22:56:10-05:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/22/pentagon-to-review-case-of-marine-who-defied-gener/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A Marine Corps whistleblower says the Pentagon is investigating whether higher-ups retaliated against him for filing complaints against the Marine commandant.</p> <p>But Maj. James Weirick, a staff judge advocate at the Marine base at Quantico, Va., said the Pentagon inspector general reviewed his complaint that Gen. James Amos committed unlawful ...Former judge advocates ask Congress to investigate top Marine officer2013-10-23T12:40:00-04:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/23/ex-judge-advocates-ask-congress-probe-top-marine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>More than two dozen former Marine Corps and Navy judge advocates are asking Congress to investigate the Corps' top officer for what they say is unlawful conduct in the Taliban urination cases.</p> <p>The 27 lawyers charge that Gen. James Amos, the Corps commandant and member of the Joint Chiefs of ...Marine Corps: Whistleblower could be potential Navy Yard-like shooter2013-10-02T11:19:00-04:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/2/marines-whistleblower-potential-navy-yard-like-sho/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Marine Corps' war against an officer who has accused the commandant of wrongdoing intensified this week: Headquarters identified Maj. James Weirick as a potential Washington Navy Yard-type killer.</p> <p>Maj. Weirick has accused Gen. James Amos, the top Marine, of violating the rule against unlawful command influence by trying to ...Marine Corps whistleblower faces vengeance from superiors2013-09-29T22:31:27-04:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/29/marine-corps-whistleblower-faces-vengeance-from-su/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Marine Corps officer who filed a complaint against the commandant for intervening in the Taliban urination cases against eight Marines is now the target of reprisals from superiors, his attorney says.</p> <p>Retired Marine Col. Jane Siegel, who is representing Maj. James Weirick, said superiors have subjected the major to ...